I think it very well could have happened...At that time in 85 The Outfit was not only relevant and powerful, it was allied with the Genovese Family. It's been established that back then that each Family valued the other's friendship TREMENDOUSLY and each had a leg up nationally with the other as an ally..I can understand why all those old timers got bent out of shape with Gotti knocking down Castellano and I can see the Genoveses talking to the Outfit about what to do with Gotti because of it. Did they come to Chicago for permission to knock down Gotti?? LOL that's ridiculous but I do see the Genoveses talking to Chicago out of respect and because of the Outfit's seat on The Commission. I think they already knew that guys like Aiuppa and Cerone would be on the same page as Gigante and Salerno